Join us for an afternoon of rich red wines and hearty food at our JOSEPH Winter Wild Lunch, starring the new 2016 JOSEPH red wines perfectly paired with a seasonal feast by La Dolce Vita Catering.

This long, relaxed lunch is the only cellar door event at which we pour our JOSEPH wines, an unmissable opportunity to enjoy the JOSEPH range accompanied by a specially created menu. Discover just how good the 2016 vintage was in McLaren Vale as we pour the new release 2016 JOSEPH Moda Cabernet Merlot, Angel Gully Shiraz and Nebbiolo accompanied by a lavish five course lunch.

Don't miss this cosy afternoon of gourmet indulgence as you and your friends relish the beauty of winter in wine country, the highlight of the winter season.

La Biondina (the young blonde), a modern Australian classic, returns to cellar door with a new vintage.

TASTING NOTE

The nose has fresh passionfruit, pineapple, guava and citrus notes. The palate has mouth-watering acidity balanced with ‘fruit salad’ exuberance. Bursting with juicy passionfruit, mango and citrus flavours; La Biondina brings the taste of summer all year round.

VINEYARD REGIONS

The Adelaide Plains are just 10 meters above sea level and benefit from cooling maritime breezes (you can see the ocean from our winery). The dry, sunny climate and sandy loam soil are perfect for growing the late-ripening Colombard variety. Half of the fruit is picked a first ripeness to give fresh, citrus fruit notes, while the remainder is allowed to hang for another fortnight to develop the rich tropical passionfruit flavours that are such a feature of La Biondina.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

2018 saw perfect growing conditions in the Adelaide Plains. The long sunny days with no extreme weather conditions produced beautiful fruit from healthy, flourishing vines.

WINEMAKING

A long cool fermentation in stainless steel to preserve delicate fruit flavours, followed by early bottling to capture the freshness.

This unique celebration of fresh, seasonal produce will see Matteo Grilli flying his family’s new 2018 JOSEPH First Run Extra Virgin Olive Oil around the country for an unmissable series of wine dinners, all starring the new oil.

Join us for a traditional Italian celebration of the new season's extra virgin olive oil, fresh from the press! A true gourmet indulgence as we pour a selection of our wines, perfectly paired with olive oil rich Italian cuisine.

We were thrilled to read a glowing review of our ever popular 'La Biondina' Colombard in the February issue of Money Magazine:

Joe Grilli and the team at Primo Estate have made this unique McLaren Vale style a regular among Australia's best value whites. There's alluring fresh sweet pea and green bean aromatics, a vibrant, clean mid-palate and a clean, dryish finish.'

Celebrate the arrival of the new vintage of Primo & Co The Venetian Garganega, fresh from Italy where Joe makes it in the Soave region just outside Verona. This will also be the first time we pour our new Italian varietal Nero d'Avola at a cellar door lunch. Our friends at La Dolce Vita Catering have created a special seasonal menu to showcase the wines:

Primo Pranzo with Squid Ink
Saturday 24th March
Relax with a glass of wine and a delicious plate of seafood as the Squid Ink food truck visits our McLaren Vale cellar door.

APRIL

Primo & Co 'Meet The Italians' Lunch
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th April
Celebrate the arrival of the new vintage of Primo & Co The Venetian Garganega, fresh from Italy where Joe makes it in the Soave region just outside Verona.

Primo Estate Mother's Day Lunch
Sunday 13th May
Bring the family together to spoil mum with a relaxed long table wine lunch in McLaren Vale's most stylish cellar door.

JUNE

JOSEPH Olive Harvest Lunch
Saturday 9thSunday 10th & Monday 11th June
Join us for a traditional Italian celebration of the new season's extra virgin olive oil, fresh from the press! A true gourmet indulgence as we pour a selection of our wines, perfectly paired with olive oil rich Italian cuisine.

AUGUST

JOSEPH Winter Wild Lunch
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August
Enjoy a day of rich red wines and hearty food in the depths of winter as we pour the newly released 2016, Angel Gully Shiraz and Moda Cabernet Merlot for the first time, accompanied by an Italian wood oven feast.

OCTOBER

Primo Estate Primavera Lunch
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th October
A traditional Italian celebration of the first buds of spring in the vineyard. Welcome the new season with a relaxed long table lunch of our Italian inspired wines perfectly paired with a menu of seasonal local produce.

NOVEMBER

Primo & Co Meet The Tuscan Pizza Party

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th November
Our Italy vs Australia taste test returns as we celebrate the arrival of our new vintage of 2017 Primo & Co The Tuscan Shiraz Sangiovese all the way from Italy. Enjoy delicious wood oven pizza at this relaxed long table lunch.

Tickets go on sale around six weeks before our events. Join our Amici Primo mailing list to receive notice when tickets are released.

We are delighted to be pouring our celebrated JOSEPH Sparkling Red in the JOSEPH Experience Tasting at cellar door, for a limited time as stocks are very limited. Winning 96 points and runner up for best Sparkling Red in Australia in Tyson Stelzer's 2017 Australian Sparkling Report this is truly a special drop, Tyson wrote:

'The grand complexity of Joseph meets every expectation of its deep and complex recipe, capturing all the depth and character of McLaren Vale cabernet, merlot and shiraz young and old. A deep purple hue heralds a universe of expansive complexity, spanning primary black plum and black cherry fruit, secondary roast nuts, dark chocolate and coffee and the tertiary allure of black olives. Firm, fine tannins and well-gauged dosage unite seamlessly on a long finish of captivating personality. Another great in the grand lineage of Joseph.'

La Biondina (the young blonde) is a modern Australian classic. Each season she returns, eternally young, flaunting her finesse as the world's premier Colombard - buy now, click here

Winemaker’s Tasting Note

Bouquet: Fresh passionfruit, pineapple, guava and citrus notes.

Palate: Mouth-watering acidity balanced with ‘fruit salad’ exuberance. Bursting with juicy passionfruit, mango and citrus flavours. This wine is the taste of summer all year round.

Vineyard Region
The Adelaide Plains are just 10 meters above sea level and benefit from cooling maritime breezes (you can see the ocean from our winery). The sunny dry climate and sandy loam soil are perfect for growing the late-ripening Colombard variety.

Vintage Conditions
The very long and cool growing season in 2017 lead to one of Primo Estate’s latest ever vintages. Slow ripening allowed intense flavours to develop which, combined with the good natural acidity of the cooler summer, produced some of the best fruit we have seen in years. The grapes were picked in separate parcels across a spectrum of ripeness levels to achieve the perfect balance of luscious tropical fruit and crisp green apple and citrus.

Winemaking
A long cool fermentation in stainless steel to preserve delicate fruit flavours, followed by early bottling to capture the freshness.